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ld: Add '--require-defined' command line option.
authorAndrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:37:30 +0000 (18:37 +0100)
committerAndrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
Tue, 4 Aug 2015 09:00:05 +0000 (10:00 +0100)
commit0a61824343c98b9440fe13752f800d65f765c4c1
treeb4a6e80aed76a598ca778adb188cc257c8c74a46
parent96e9210fd6fecc1926559dbfa45e7c7c59f7d821
ld: Add '--require-defined' command line option.

Add a new command line option '--require-defined' to the linker.  This
option operates identically to the '--undefined' option, except that if
the symbol is not defined in the final output file then the linker will
exit with an error.

When making use of --gc-section, or just when trying to pull in parts of
a library, it is not uncommon for a user to use the '--undefined'
command line option to specify a symbol that the user then expects to be
defined by one of the object files supplied to the link.

However, if for any reason the symbol is not satisfied by an object
provided to the link the user will be left with an undefined symbol in
the output file, instead of a defined symbol.

In some cases the above behaviour is what the user wants, in other cases
though we can do better.  The '--require-defined' option tries to fill
this gap.  The symbol passed to the '--require-defined' option is
treated exactly as if the symbol was passed to '--undefined', however,
before the linker exits a check is made that all symbols passed to
'--require-defined' are actually defined, if any are not then the link
will fail with an error.

ld/ChangeLog:

* ld.texinfo (Options): Document --require-defined option.
* ldlang.c (struct require_defined_symbol): New structure.
(require_defined_symbol_list): New variable.
(ldlang_add_require_defined): New function.
(ldlang_check_require_defined_symbols): New function.
(lang_process): Check required symbols are defined.
* ldlang.h (ldlang_add_require_defined): Declare.
* ldlex.h (enum option_values): Add OPTION_REQUIRE_DEFINED_SYMBOL.
* lexsup.c (ld_options): Add '--require-defined' entry.
(parse_args): Handle '--require-defined' entry.
* NEWS: Mention new '--require-defined' option.

ld/testsuite/ChangeLog:

* ld-undefined/require-defined-1.d: New file.
* ld-undefined/require-defined-2.d: New file.
* ld-undefined/require-defined-3.d: New file.
* ld-undefined/require-defined-4.d: New file.
* ld-undefined/require-defined-5.d: New file.
* ld-undefined/require-defined.exp: New file.
* ld-undefined/require-defined.s: New file.
15 files changed:
ld/ChangeLog
ld/NEWS
ld/ld.texinfo
ld/ldlang.c
ld/ldlang.h
ld/ldlex.h
ld/lexsup.c
ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
ld/testsuite/ld-undefined/require-defined-1.d [new file with mode: 0644]
ld/testsuite/ld-undefined/require-defined-2.d [new file with mode: 0644]
ld/testsuite/ld-undefined/require-defined-3.d [new file with mode: 0644]
ld/testsuite/ld-undefined/require-defined-4.d [new file with mode: 0644]
ld/testsuite/ld-undefined/require-defined-5.d [new file with mode: 0644]
ld/testsuite/ld-undefined/require-defined.exp [new file with mode: 0644]
ld/testsuite/ld-undefined/require-defined.s [new file with mode: 0644]